IT'S big decision time for Essex County Cricket Club chiefs thisweek as they have to decide on next year's budget, but withoutknowing what finances they will receive because of the on-goingconfusion of the future set-up of the domestic Twenty20 competition.
Club officials are holding a committee meeting later this weekand they will have to make some crucial financial decisions,including on possible new players signing, but without knowing howmuch money they will have in the kitty.
Chief executive David East explains: "We were hoping to go to ourmeeting with a defined structure of the game, particularly inrelation to the Twenty20 competition, so we could realisticallyjudge how much money we could spend for next season.
"But we won't now know that until November 17 at the earliest sowe have to decide whether we defer until that time or we actuallytake a bit of a punt on it.
Punt "But with the kind of numbers involved with makingadjustments to our squad that's possibly a dangerous strategy.
"It's all very unsatisfactory but that's the situation we face."
Meanwhile, the club continues to have talks with all-rounder RaviBopara over a two year contract offered to him at the close of lastseason.
"I'm comfortable with the way discussions are going and I'mconfident of bringing the talks to a positive conclusion," Eastadded.
Bopara will play for the South African side KwaZulu-NatalDolphins this winter in a bid to keep his form up so he has a chanceof being picked for next summer's England World Cup squad.
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